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all the stealth of a bull, Paige snuck out of the backroom and down the aisle to the back where they kept clothes. Duncan was at the front of the store, frying burritos and chicken strips for the lunch rush. He had his back to the rest of the store and the radio turned up. The morning crowd had moved on and things wouldn’t pick up again until lunchtime.
    She dropped to her knees in front of the clothes rack, grabbing a 34 waist pair of jeans and an XL t-shirt that said “I love a redneck woman” on it. She giggled internally at the thought of brawny Travis wearing such a ridiculous shirt.
    “What are you doing?” Duncan said.
    Paige turned to see him standing over her with one eye cocked. She had always been cool with Duncan; he was close to her age and spent most of his time stoned out of his mind. When he was sober though, he was Billy’s lapdog. She didn’t know exactly why he sucked up to Billy so much, but it was probably because nobody else in town would hire him. His pot-loving reputation was well earned in Wounded Bow.
    “Hey Duncan,” she said, managing a nervous laugh. “How was the breakfast rush?”

    “Not too bad,” Duncan said. “What are you doing with those clothes?”
    “I need them,” Paige said. It was the only thing that came to her mind.
    “Those are men’s clothes,” Duncan said. “I know you have huge boobs, but an XL seems a little big.”
    Duncan was always teasing her about the size of her boobs, but she let him get away with it. She wasn’t his type and she knew it, plus she had no desire to hook up with Wounded Bow’s High Times representative.
    “Yeah, but I need them,” she said. Her mind was a blank slate right now. She never did well under pressure and today was no different.
    “Those look a little small for Randy,” Duncan said. He had never liked Randy, but then again nobody really did.
    “They aren’t for Randy,” Paige said. “We’re through.” She had no clue why she was telling him this, the words were just coming out now with no thought behind them.
    “You’re through? I thought you went to see him for the weekend. When I saw you I figured you brought him back with you. Damn honey, what happened?”
    “I caught him in bed with someone else,” Paige said, standing up and slipping the clothes behind her back, out of sight out of mind-especially for Duncan.
    “That’s terrible,” Duncan said. “What’s wrong with that guy? Doesn’t he know he isn’t going to do any better?”
    “He seems to think he can,” Paige said. Randy wasn’t the smallest guy in the world, but he wasn’t fat either. Skinny Duncan was convinced Randy was an obese swine.
    “Well, his loss,” Duncan said, standing in front of her with his dopey smile.
    “Is something burning?” she asked. There was smoke coming from the front of the store.
    “Awww god dammit!” Duncan hollered, running to the front of the store. “See you later Paige-turner!”
    She watched him rush to the front before spinning around and grabbing a pair of boots off the wall and running through the back of the store. They kept clothes on hand for travelers passing through, but they usually never sold any of them. Billy would surely notice the missing inventory, but she didn’t care at this point.
    When she burst through the front door Travis was sitting calmly on her couch, the TV remote in his hand.
    “This is an interesting show,” he said. “This Cesar Millan fellow has a way with dogs.”
    “I’m sure he does,” Paige said, collapsing into her armchair. She looked over at Travis who was staring at her intently. “Here’s your clothes.”
    She tossed the clothes at him before giving him a wink. He responded by standing up, letting the towel fall to the ground to reveal the monstrous snake between his legs.
    I’m never going to get used to that, she thought, turning away.
     

Chapter 7
     
    Travis felt restricted in the jeans and t-shirt she had brought to him, he was used to running